DISCUSSION: Can Taking Folic Acid During Pregnancy Reduce Autism?

(CNN) – Taking folic acid before pregnancy, and through the first several weeks of pregnancy, may help reduce the risk of autism in children, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Researchers in Norway looked at data from 85,000 pregnancies.

They found women who took the supplement four weeks before pregnancy, and through the eighth week of pregnancy, were 39 percent less likely to have children with autism.

The study is the largest to date on the benefits of folic acid for autism prevention.

Cleveland's Biggest Volunteer Day: Do Something Day [PHOTOS]

<strong>THANK YOU TO ALL OUT VOLUNTEERS:
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Here is what we all did TOGETHER:
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<li><em>Feed the Homeless at Lakeside Emergency Men’s Shelter</em></li>
<li><em><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;">What Would King Do Workshop (Think Before You Act movement) at East Tech, Citizens Leadership Academy and Glenville High School</span></em></li>
<li><em>Beautification, clean up and painting at Downtown Cleveland YMCA, Marion Sterling Elementary School, and Seventh Day Adventist Church.</em></li>
<li><em><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;">Taking donation and sorting at Providence House.</span></em></li>
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<strong>Thank you to all the students at East Tech, Citizens Leadership and Glenville High School and also volunteers at YMCA, Marion Sterling Elementary School, Providence House and Seventh Day Adventist Church with the Z1079 and WZAK Radio One family!!!</strong>